Optical Cable (OCC) Gross Margin (2010 - 2026)

Optical Cable (OCC) recorded quarterly Gross Margin of 32.68% in Q1 2026, up 2.56% quarter-over-quarter from 31.87% in Q4 2025, and up 329.0% on a YoY basis from 7.62% in Q1 2025.

Optical Cable (OCC) Gross Margin (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Optical Cable's Gross Margin history runs 17 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 32.68% for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, Gross Margin rose 329.0% year-over-year to 32.68%; the TTM figure through Jan 2026 stood at 31.66% (up 336.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 30.94%, up 364.0% from the prior year.
  • Gross Margin was 32.68% for Q1 2026 at Optical Cable, up from 31.87% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Gross Margin ranged from a high of 35.67% in Q1 2023 to a low of 22.36% in Q4 2023.
  • Historically, Gross Margin has averaged 29.68% across 5 years, with a median of 30.2% in 2023.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2024: Gross Margin plunged 1067 bps in 2023, then jumped 1117 bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Gross Margin shows it stood at 33.02% in 2022, then slumped by 32 bps to 22.36% in 2023, then surged by 50 bps to 33.52% in 2024, then retreated by 5 bps to 31.87% in 2025, then grew by 3 bps to 32.68% in 2026.
  • The last three Gross Margin figures came in at 32.68% (Q1 2026), 31.87% (Q4 2025), and 31.73% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Gross Margin (Qtr)
1 Cisco Systems 480.96 Bn 464.32 Bn 10.08 Bn 63.63%
2 Ciena 69.17 Bn 67.87 Bn 625.52 Mn 43.83%
3 Motorola Solutions 68.03 Bn 67.17 Bn 1.36 Bn 50.18%
4 Hewlett Packard Enterprise 65.63 Bn 60.79 Bn 8.25 Bn 88.72%
5 Lumentum Holdings 61.32 Bn 58.15 Bn 357.00 Mn 44.16%
6 Ubiquiti 34.34 Bn 33.97 Bn 370.71 Mn 47.03%
7 AST SpaceMobile 27.21 Bn 27.79 Bn -69.36 Mn -470.73%
8 Applied Optoelectronics 13.45 Bn 13.01 Bn 43.92 Mn 29.06%
9 Zebra Technologies 11.38 Bn 11.26 Bn 742.00 Mn 49.63%
10 Optical Cable 105.70 Mn 105.57 Mn 5.37 Mn 32.68%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jan 31, 2026 32.68%
Oct 31, 2025 31.87%
Jul 31, 2025 31.73%
Apr 30, 2025 30.40%
Jan 31, 2025 29.39%
Oct 31, 2024 33.52%
Jul 31, 2024 24.17%
Apr 30, 2024 25.07%
Jan 31, 2024 25.00%
Oct 31, 2023 22.36%
Jul 31, 2023 30.20%
Apr 30, 2023 34.57%
Jan 31, 2023 35.67%
Oct 31, 2022 33.02%
Jul 31, 2022 27.66%
Apr 30, 2022 29.26%
Jan 31, 2022 28.02%
Oct 31, 2021 31.83%
Jul 31, 2021 26.16%
Apr 30, 2021 30.62%